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BRITISH DESTROYER FIRED ON BY SPANISH REBEL

SITUATION

IMPROVES

IN GREECE

THRILLING FINISH

TO 400 METRES

King Leaves Capital BROWN NEARLY CAUSES

For Sport Holiday

NEW CABINET FORMED UNDER GENERAL METAXAS

SENSATION

CHINESE BASKETBALL TEAM FAIL Athens, To-day. SURPRISINGLY AGAINST JAPANESE

Berlin, To-day.

The situation in the country is quiet, after the declaration of mar-

Percy Williams, of the United States, yester- tial law. The tension is so relaxed that the King was able to leave the day won the final of the 400 Metres event in capital for a short holiday in Cor-46 5-10 secs., Great Britain securing second place fu. In order to curtail expend through A. G. K. Brown (Warwick School and ture the Government has stopped Cambridge University), who clocked 46 7-10 secs. the payment of the salaries of Lu Valle (U.S.) was third in 46 8-10 secs. Members of Parliament, which has

The race was very closely contested and the 'first three al-i now been dissolved. — Reuter's most breasted the tape simultaneously. Roberts (Great Britain). Bulletin Service.

Louring (Canada) and Fritz (Canada) came fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

GUNBOATS

WARNING ISSUED TO GENERAL FRANCO CADIZ SAID TO HAVE SURRENDERED

LOYALISTS PLANNING BIG SCALE ATTACK ON PALMA

Gibraltar, To-day.

The British Government at Gibraltar has protested to General Franco regarding insurgent ! gunboats' firing on a British destroyer. Protests have also been made to the Spanish Government, asking them to keep their ships clear of Gibral- tar, thus avoiding danger to life and property.— Reuter's Bulletin Service.

Madrid: The Governor of Malaga reports officially that the insurgents at Cadiz have sur- rendered.

Not so long ago a fog like this would have meant the cessation of a Athens. Later: A new Cab-i About 30 yards from home Williams seemed to be a certain

Gibraltar: The British Consulate at Algeciras was damaged inet has been announced, with winner. but Brown. Roberts and Lu Valle offered very strong aying. It might have meant serious danger to an airship the size of the General Metaxas as Premier challenges in à final effort. Williams winning by only a narrow Hindenburg. But thanks to the development of scientific instruments the

huge airliner landed safely at Lakehurst, New Jersey, last month. See how by shells fired by the battleship Jaime, and all the windows fac Foreign Minister. Minister of margin. The weather was fine and warm.

Hoeckert (Finland) won the the top of the rudder is shrouded in the mist. The ship is shown heading for ing the seafront were broken. The wife of Vice-Consul received her mooring mast at the Naval Air Station after a sensational record flight minor injuries from flying debris, and many buildings were dam War and Minister of the Navy..

5.000 Metres final in 14 mins.to America. The King left last evening

22 2-10 secs. to establish a newi on board a destroyer for Corfu,)

while Len-i where he will stay until the

tinen (Finland) came second in middle of September. General

14 mins. 25 8-10 secs. Johnson Metaxas will visit Corfu ocea-

(Sweden) was third in 14 mins. sionally to submit documents

29 sees. for his signature.-- Reuter.

TEST PLAYERS IN FORM

Hardstaff And Leyland

Score Centuries

MINE DISASTER

IN ENGLAND

Rescue Parties Take Grave Risks

MORE BODIES, BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE

Olympic record,

INEXPLICABLE LAPSE

Following. China's

excellent:

PALESTINE UNREST

SEAFORTH AND CAMERON

showing against, the All-America HIGHLANDERS IN ACTION

basketball team before the com mencement of the Olympic Games, her defeat yesterday in the First Round at the hands of Japan by 35 points to 19 seems inexplicable, London, To-day.

The Japanese led by 15 The inquest was opened yes-points to 10 at the end of the first half, during which the terday at Barnsley on 32 vic-

Chinese played a courageous tims of the disaster at

game against trickier and fas- The mid-week cricket program- Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery,

ber opponents. me was featured by the number of whose bodies games, played to a finish. no less covered. than five matches being brought cation

SIX WICKETS FOR VERITY

London. To-day-

the

have been re- Evidence of identifi-

Jerusalem, To-day.

aged by the shells.

Several persons are reported to have been killed and many injured in a fire on the gunboat Dato. The outbreak is now re- ported to be under control It is believed that the Jaime succeed- ed in dismantling all the fortifications, as after the first few shots they failed to return the battleship's fire.

Tangier: The French steam-

er Roubaisien, bound for Ant-

werp from Algiers, was bomb-

led by an aeroplane of unknown Two more Jews were killed during Thursday night, one out-nationality five miles from side Tel Aviv and the other near Nederah, while a Jewish watch Gibraltar. Three bombs were man was seriously wounded during an Arab fusillade on a Jewish dropped within 220 yards of settlement near Jerusalem. Three Arab szipers were killed and

the vessel two captured.

BANK NOTES IN CIRCULATION

Returns Furnished By Banks

The following returns

BRITISH DENIAL

No Question Of Export Of Armaments

· London, To-day. The allegation published abroad An officer in the Cameron FRANCE SEEKS EARLY ACTION

that Vickers Armstrong were fal. Highlanders - has slightly London: Urging that there is sling a large order for the Span- Founded ha an

OD 2

engagement

the

230

north of Nablus. Arabs fired zo time to lose, the French fish Government for armaments In the first part of the second.

convoyed omnibus from Government yesterday began cir-was denied in British official quar- It was Haifa to Tel Aviv.. was given in several half the Chinese displayed flashes

The mili-culating its Spanish non-interven-ters yesterday afternoon.

that Vickers Armstrong tary escort retaliated, and ation formula among the Powers. It stated to a definite conclusion. Two of cases by wives who lost their of their best form and shared the

contingent of Seaforth High-was transmitted to Britain yester. had made no application for the matches were decided on the husbands or mothers who lost play with their opponents, but the A relief fund Japanese increased their pace,

landers was rushed from Na-day and the French Ambassador export licence, without which pe first innings, while the Warwick their only sons.

blus, while aircraft co-operated Berlin, M. Francois-Poncet, had arms or munitions can be sent out All India encounter, at Birming-has been opened by the Mayor showering on the goals in the last

in repulsing the attackers. Fol- an interview with the

of Britian-British Wireless Ser Foreign of Barnsley.

five minutes for victory. ham, was left drawn.

více. CHOW'S 662 POINTS

the lowing the engagement of

Minister, Baron von Neurath, last Hardston, one of the players The efforts to recover the re- China had only one competitor average amount of banknotes

in troops pursued a band of Arabs, evening, presumably for the par- already invited for the Australian maining 25 bodies are continu in the Olympic Decathlon event, circulation and of Hong Kong of whom five were killed. tour, was in fine form with the ing but are rendered difficult Chow competing only in the 100 Government Certificates of In- Simultaneously aircraft oper- Pose of handing over the French proposal. It is believed, however, bat when Notts met Leicester and and dangerous by gas. Twenty Metres, which he covered in 12-debtedness in Hong Kong during ating independently in the hills that Herr Hitler will not reply im- claimed first innings points. Hard-more bodies were brought to the 2-10 secs. to

being 112. surface yesterday. The rescue and in the Long Jump, in which tified by the Managers of the re-sualties.

secure 556 points, the month ended July 31. as cer-accounted for a farther 18 cmediately. The French Ambassa- staff's contribution Leyland (113) and Verity (6 for parties. for which there is no 46) were other Test players to lack of volunteers, are risking cleared 20 ft 6 ins, his final spective Banks, is published in the Service.⠀⠀⠀

asphyxiation, sudden and with- points' standing being 662-Eeu- Government Gozette: by Reuter, out: warning, by carbon mone-

xide.

shine.

Results, as cabled were as follows:-

nings points from Survey.

Įter.

At the Oval, Derby took first in-l

The veteran President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Her

US.

yesterday immediately:

Surrey: 204 (Mitchell 5 for 88) and bert Smith. went down the pit

315 for 7 (Barling 102).

*Derby: 321 (Smith 106).

At Leicester, Notts took

frst

nings points from Leicester.

on his arrival. He and two other in-miners' officials had rushed by

Notts: 209 (Hardstaff 112; Astill

for 57). Leicester: 219 Woodhead 6 for 49)-ter.

The match between Warwick and All-India, at Birmingham, was left

drawn.

Warwick: 181 (Emir Elahi 5 for 48)-

and 219 for 3 dec.

All-India: 249 (Dilawar Hussain 101

not out) and 54 for 3.

At Weston-super-Mare,

Somerset

beat Glamorganshire by 8 wickets. Glamorgan: 207 and 105 (Andrews

6 for 22).

Somerset: 193 and 122 for 2 wickets. (Continued on Page 10)

WARSHIP MOVEMENTS

H. M. Submarine Orpheus left for Wei-hai-wei this morning.

The US.S. Ashville and the Ja- panese destroyer Sanse are' due tu arrive in port from Canton to-day.) The latter vessel will stay here until the 15th: ...

The U. S. S. Mindanao is due in port to-morrow and the U. S. Transport. Henderson' on Monday.]

Earlier Messages

Chartered Bank of India, Aus- tralia and China: Average amount, $23,192,670; Government Certi- ficates of Indebtedness, $8,300,000. GESTURE SHOWS SPIRIT (In addition sterling securities are deposited with the Crown Agents OF OLYMPIAD

valued at £760,447);

The crowning athletic event, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banic-

- Reuter's Bulletin

AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES

Another Exchange Now Opened In London

London, To-day.

dor at Rome, Comte de Chambrun, interviewed the Italian Foreign ¡Minister, Count Ciano, yesterday, it is believed, on the same sub- ject.

AIR DEFENCE IN ENGLAND Another Command Created

London, To-day.

The War office announced yes- PALMA NEXT OBJECTIVE -

terday that Lient.-General J. M." With regard to the situation in R. Harrison has been appointed Spain itself heavy fighting is recommander of the 2nd Anti-air- ported in the region of Badajoz craft Division, which is to be near the Portuguese and French formed to provide further anti- frontiers. It is believed that both aircraft defences for the Midlands air from Prague, where they the Decathlon, commenced yes-ing Corporation: Average amount, With the opening to-day of the

sides are manoeuvring for position and north of England from units were attending the Internation- terday morning in the Olympic $233.536,384; Government Certi- 99th automatic exchange in the al Miners' Conference. - Reu-¡Stadium before a

crowd of ficates of Indebtedness, $118,235. London telephone area the deve-Prior to General Franco's expected of the Royal Artillery and the in big offensive against Madrid. fantry of the Territorial Army. As (Continued on Page 10) 834.85. (In addition securities lopment of the automatic system

the Crown is carried to a state when roughly The British fotilla-leader Dour-announced last morth these units are deposited with

on have agreed to be converted to Agents and Straits Government jhalf of all London area subscri-las has arrived, at Palma,

defence. British bers are served by this method which the loyal forces are report-anti-aircraft valued at £3,284,000);

is at the ed to be planning a big attack with Wireless Service. Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd.: To-day'e change-over Average amount, $3,548,710; Gov-"Royal" exchange, serving a busy 12 seaplanes and 3200 mea, who

on the south-are being assembling at Valencia. CROMER LIFEBOAT. lernment Certificates of Indebted-commercial area

(In addition jeast boundary of the city. The traf- ness, $2,289,500.

CALLED OUT of consisting 4% fic passing through the exchange, securities, per cent. Conversion War Loan which has provision för 9,400 Madrid: The Minister of In- 1940-44 valued at £190,000, the lines, will reach about 17,000 calle terior states that the report of the French Ship Aground latest market price of which was hourly at the busiest part of the surrender of Cadiz is premature On Haisborough Sands 111-111% are deposited with day-British Wireless Service, the Crown Agents).

Motor Jorry No. ZZ15 photographed after it had been hit by the express train from Canton on Wednesday last at the Txipo level- crossing. (Tiffany Studio).

COLONY'S FINANCES

PREMATURE REPORT

Peuter.

Government Appointments

London, To-day,

The Cromer lifebost was out yesterday in response to a mess- age stating that the 6023-ton French ship San Francisco, of Havre, was ashore on Haisborough Sands. There was a heavy ground swell and a dense fog prevailing Mr. John Alexander Fraser, at the time.

The following appointments etc. the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, X.,

The financial statement for thei month of May. 1936 shows a fav ourable balance of $13,112,976.61, revenue for the month amounting are notified in the Government LL.D., resigned; “. to $1,662.475.18 and expenditure Gazette:- during the same period to $1,990,- The Hon. Mr. Robert Hormus MC, to act at Crown Solicitor The company state that the 500.74, the excess of assets over Kotewall, CMG, LLD., to be a during the absence on leave of Mr. vessel was undamaged, and it is Thomas Maynard Hazelrigg, M.C, hoped that she will be reflostal on liabilities on April 30, amounting. to $13.441,002.17, being brought member of the Authorised Archi-or til further notice, with effect the night tide. British Wireless

tects Consulting Committee, vice from August 6..

forward.

Service.